Airline Fees in Europe
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 Posted in Cheap Europe Travel, General, Travel industry | 2 Comments »SmarterTravel has published a series of great tables to help passengers figure out how much they'll get reamed by various airlines in extra fees and frequent flyer fees to redeem "free" tickets. Now they've got a guide to airline fees ...
Bargains in the Cheapest Destinations
Thursday, September 24th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Europe Travel, Cheap Latin America Travel, General, International living/working, Travel bargains | No Comments »I don't know it all and couldn't keep up with everything new everywhere even if I did. So here are some recent worthwhile posts from some of the cheapest places to travel. This week the Carnival of Cities was at the ...
Fun While It Lasted – a Strong Travel Dollar
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 Posted in Cheap Africa Travel, Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap Europe Travel, Cheap Latin America Travel, General, Long-term travel, Travel bargains, Vacation deals | 1 Comment »Being a contrarian traveler is a lot like being a contrarian investor. The latter buys when everyone else is panicking and sells when everyone else is euphoric. If you followed that strategy as I did and pumped up your stock ...
Costs for a Day at the Beach: Towel and Sand Bucket Index
Monday, August 17th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap Europe Travel, Family travel, General, Travel bargains, Vacation deals | 3 Comments »A key theme running throughout the books I've written is that your destination decisions---and where you stay and eat after you get there---are the key factors determining what you are going to spend when you travel. No matter what you ...
The State of the Travel Dollar, Summer 2009
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 Posted in Cheap Asia Travel, Cheap Europe Travel, Leffel projects, Travel bargains, Vacation deals | 6 Comments »I am quoted in the current issue of National Geographic Adventure, if you happen to be near a newsstand, in a pictorial feature about where the dollar is faring better this summer than it was a year ago. My list ...



